History YMMV / TheSocialNetwork

* * AmbiguouslyAutistic: Zuckerberg is far more at home with code than people.

** Poor Andrew Garfield failed to get a Best Supporting Actor nod at the Oscars despite massive ammounts of buzz. [[FunnyAneurysmMoment The cruel irony is that he gets left behind like his character]]

* MisaimedFandom: Some people take the film as Mark Zuckerberg is a unreemable asshole & Eduardo Saverin is very sympathetic. While the film doesn't stray away from showing Mark's darker impulses, it ultimately portays him as a flawed person, with some redeeming qualities between faults. While Saverin is also, a more sympathetic & less flawed person, he's not perfect and ultimately is just as antagostic at points.

* CompleteMonster: ''Mark Zuckerberg.''
** YourMileageMayVary. Mark was a {{Jerkass}}, but he ultimately he wanted to succeed & be somebody, and was fairly nice to Eduardo, [[spoiler: at least til' Sean came]], and [[spoiler: has the chance of making a HeelFaceTurn with Erica.]]. Sean is probably more fitting of a CompleteMonster, as he ementionally manplutatives Mark & tries to dimish Eduardo's efforts to the company.

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** [[YourMileageMayVary.]] Mark was a {{Jerkass}}, but he ultimately he wanted to succeed & be somebody, and was fairly nice to Eduardo, [[spoiler: at least til' Sean came]], and [[spoiler: has the chance of making a HeelFaceTurn with Erica.]]. Sean is probably more fitting of a CompleteMonster, as he ementionally manplutatives Mark & tries to dimish Eduardo's efforts to the company.

* Irony: Erica's statement that Mark acts "as if every thought that tumbles through [his] head was so clever it would be a crime for it not to be shared" mirrors a common complaint of Facebook (and also Twitter) detractors.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The film's portayal of business & personal relationships.
* SoCoolItsAwesome: DavidFincher turned a movie about Facebook into a critically-acclaimed film. Yes, that is a CrowningMomentofAwesome.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Justin Timberlake recived critical acclaim for his performance as Sean Parker.

* TruthInTelevision: Those familiar with intercollegiate relations amongst Boston-area schools may find themselves seeing the standard stereotypes of those students quite easily in the characters. Since they get the most screen time, those familiar with the stereotypes of Harvard students my find themselves feeling like they're really dealing with Harvard students while watching. Whether that's a good thing or not depends on which Harvard students you're familiar with.

* AwardSnub: Poor Andrew Garfield failed to get a Best Supporting Actor nod at the Oscars despite massive ammounts of buzz. [[FunnyAneurysmMoment The cruel irony is that he gets left behind like his character]]

** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evG2DDmSdxM Scala cover ]]of Radiohead's Creep that plays during one of the trailers?

** No mention of the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evG2DDmSdxM Scala cover ]]of Radiohead's creep that plays during one of the trailers?

* HypeBacklash: From ''{{Inception}}'' fans, who lost in every category to ''The Social Network''.

* TearJerker: Several scenes in the end, including [[spoiler: Eduardo's breakdown in the office, and depressed speech about Mark isn't his friend]] & [[spoiler: Mark trying to friend request Erica after losing his own best friend.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: Mark, at the end, after yelling at several people & many bad decisions made between people, at the end of the film, he tries trying to friend request Erica.]]

* SoCoolItsAwesome: DavidFincher turned a movie about Facebook into a critically-acclaimed film. Yes, while YourMileageMayVary, in some ways, that is a CrowningMomentofAwesome.
* TearJerker: YourMileageMayVary on wheter you found Mark [[JerkassWoobie sympathetic]] or [[{{Jerkass}} not]], but [[spoiler:the ending where Mark continues waiting for Erica to accept his friend request after wrecking several of his relationships]] could count as this.
** [[spoiler: Eduardo's ''face'' when he finds out he's been shut out of the company.]]
*** [[spoiler: "I was your only friend."]]
* XMeetsY: ''CitizenKane'' meets ''{{Network}}''.

* [[AlasPoorJerkass AlasPoorVillain]]: [[spoiler: Mark, at the end, after yelling at several people & many bad decisions made between people, at the end of the film is trying to friend request Erica.]]

* AlasPoorVillian: [[spoiler: Mark, at the end, after yelling at several people & many bad decisions made between people, his last act in the film is trying to friend request Erica.]]

* NightmareFuelUnleaded / ParanoiaFuel / FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: Mark's ementional connection with Eduardo being destroyed due to his want to keep Facebook running. The phone call he has with Eduardo is particually chilling, essentially his ementional disconnection in his voice gone.]]

** Eduardo's ''face'' when he finds out he's been shut out of the company.